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  2. African-American women's suffrage movement - Wikipedia

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    The 14th Amendment was being proposed and black males were on the cusp of receiving the right to vote. The NSWA held a convention to discuss how to go forward and the women were divided on the issue. Some women did not want to risk losing the chance for black males to get the right to vote, and figured that the women would get their turn.

  3. Timeline of women's suffrage - Wikipedia

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    Finland was also the first country in Europe to give women the right to vote. [6] [7] The world's first female members of parliament were elected in Finland the following year. In Europe, the last jurisdiction to grant women the right to vote was the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI), in 1991.

  4. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    White and African American women in the Territory of Alaska earn the right to vote. [33] Women in Illinois earn the right to vote in presidential elections. [27] 1914. Nevada and Montana women earn the right to vote. [22] 1917. Women in Arkansas earn the right to vote in primary elections. [22] Women in Rhode Island earn the right to vote in ...

  5. Black suffrage - Wikipedia

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    The passage of the 19th Amendment, which was ratified by the United States Congress on August 18 and certified as law on August 26, 1920 granted women the right to vote in all states. In fall 1920, many Black women showed up at the polls, but many existing hurdles for African Americans were particularly cumbersome in repressing . [2] Only after ...

  6. Black women in American politics - Wikipedia

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    In the age of rights, antipoverty, and power campaigns, Black women in community-based and often women-centered organizations, like their female counterparts in nationally known organizations, harnessed and engendered Black Power through their speech and iconography as participants of tenant councils, welfare rights groups, and a Black female ...

  7. Women's suffrage - Wikipedia

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    Women obtained the right to vote in national elections in 1971. [110] Women obtained the right to vote at local canton level between 1959 (Vaud and Neuchâtel in that year) and 1972, except for 1989 in Appenzell Ausserrhoden and 1990 in Appenzell Innerrhoden. [111] See also Women's suffrage in Switzerland. Syria: 1949 Grand Duchy of Tuscany ...

  8. Category:Women's suffrage by country - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Women's suffrage by country" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. K.

  9. List of women's suffrage organizations - Wikipedia

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    Dublin Women's Suffrage Association – major Irish organization. [11]Irish Women's Franchise League – founded in 1908, more radical than the Dublin Association. [12]Irish Women's Suffrage Society – founded by Isabella Tod as the North of Ireland Women's Suffrage Society in 1872, it was based in Belfast but had branches in other parts of the north.